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Diagnostic Criteria for Type 2 Diabetes:
New recommended diagnostic criteria for diabetes are summarized in the following table:
Diagnosis should be made if the abnormality is documented on at least 2 occasions. Most diabetic patients are obese and therefore insulin resistance is the most dominant abnormality. In the non-obese individual, defective insulin secretion is more likely to be the major pathophysiologic abnormality. Hence, education, diet, exercise, blood glucose monitoring should be the therapy for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. |